Integrating  Learning  and  Collaboration  using  an  

Interactive  Online  Course  Syllabus  

Anne-­‐Marie  Armstrong,  PhD  Adjunct  Professor  

Colorado  Technical  University    

Introduction  !   The  syllabus  as  an  administrative  tool  

!   The  syllabus  as  an  instructional  and  learning  tool  

!   Incorporating  student  needs  with  administrative  objectives  and  instructor  goals  

!   Tools  and  Building  Blocks  Offering  Multimodal  and  Interactive  Presentation    

!   Examples  

!   Benefits  

Links  

Administrative  

Instructor  Goals  

The  Bridge  

Student  Needs  

Tools  iMovie Moviemaker Google Suite including Docs, Alerts, Feeds, Reader, Gadgets

Prezi

2011 Powerpoint Glogster You publish http://issuu.com/ Audacity Vuvox Survey Monkey Aggregators (netvibes.com) Slideshare

AND  MORE    

Building  Blocks  Digial  Media  Objects  

!   are  fluid  and  changeable      

!   can  be  text,  graphics,  animations,  audio,  video,  or  photos    

!   usually  exist  in  more  than  one  form    

!   are  accessible,  retrievable  and  searchable  by  others      

!   can  be  inputted  and  can  be  an  output  

Digital  Learning  Objects  

!   Consist  of  content,  media  and  metadata  

!   Content  includes:  !   Introduction  !   Objective  !   Explanation  !   Example  !   Relationship  !   Practice,  assessment  !   Summary  

EXAMPLES  INTERACTIVE  ONLINE  COURSE  SYLLABI  

Google    suite  of  apps    AND  widgets  https://sites.google.com/site/emergingmediabusiness/  

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Web  site  approach  https://sites.google.com/site/emergingmediabusiness/home    

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Powerpoint  approach    http://www.slideshare.net/dv3709/short-­‐em820spr11    

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Interactive  Whiteboard  approach  using  Prezi    http://prezi.com/cr2vnro34rdt/usability-­‐building-­‐and-­‐testing/        

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The  Syllabus  as  a  Poster,  individualized  for  each  student.    http://gypsieanne.edu.glogster.com/fall-­‐cs820-­‐intro/    

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Benefits    !   Student  Input  

!   Community  Building  

!   Universal  Design  

!   Navigation  >>  JIT  info  

!   Multiple  perspectives  

!   Matches  online  learning  and  instruction  styles  

Links  used  !  Sue  Glascoe  Math  syllabus  

! http://prezi.com/tsefyci63dws/copy-­‐of-­‐math156syllabus/    

!   google  suite  of  apps  and  widgits    https://sites.google.com/site/emergingmediabusiness/        

!  Web  site  approach  https://sites.google.com/site/emergingmediabusiness/home  

! Powerpoint  approach    http://www.slideshare.net/dv3709/short-­‐em820spr11    

!  Interactive  Whiteboard  approach  using  Prezi    http://prezi.com/cr2vnro34rdt/usability-­‐building-­‐and-­‐testing/    

!  The  Syllabus  as  a  Poster,  individualized  for  each  student.    http://gypsieanne.edu.glogster.com/fall-­‐cs820-­‐intro/    

!  Podcasts,  CS820  Welcome,  Introduction,  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymdgjLTC8sw    

!  EM820  Welcome,  Introduction,  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTqBL73uqe8    

!  Creating  DLOs  http://www.slideshare.net/wsudlde/creating-­‐a-­‐multimedia-­‐digital-­‐learning-­‐object-­‐in-­‐powerpoint?from=ss_embed